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Information Rich or Poor?
Gilian DawsonInformation Consultant CASS
DISS
The Learner
• School experience vastly different• Don’t have specialised databases• Web obsessed • What’s a library
The Learner
• Information overload• Reaction to instruction is
The Teacher
• Approach 1• Course Web site
with some URLs • Rely on core texts• Extensive reading
lists• Book/print based
• Approach 2• Provide some
reading advice • Instruction from
day 1• Insist on e-
resources & print• Insist on journals
& books
Library Services
• PCs & wireless laptops• Opening hours with staff• Generous lending provision• Loan periods reflect popularity of
texts
Library Resources
• Electronic and print• 1 million books (13000 e-books)• 10,000 journals (7000 e-journals)• 400 databases• 24/7 on/off campus
Library Help
• Programme of instruction at subject/course level
• Staff in subject areas• Help Desk service• Forest of factsheets
Library Developments
• Self-service • State of the art library system• Increased access to full-text
– Via new library system – Via catalogue
Suggestions
• Liaise on resources• Instruction for each subject
– help them through the minefield– lecture, demonstrations, workshops – flexibility in timing and methodology– Develop awareness of e-resources for
24/7
• Simplify access to information
Get in touch
• Gilian Dawson– [email protected] 2587– Business, L & L, DHP
• Claire Molloy– [email protected] 4813– Education, SS
• Susan McCourt– [email protected] 3287– Law